We buzzin?
It comes down to this...do you actually trust this team that purports to be a team that gets better through the draft to actually get better through the draft? How much real trust do you have in them? I personally don't really trust them. Make the trade.
I still think the scouting is fine, my problem is with the coaching and developmental staff aka Pop. Spurs may find talent in the draft but I doubt their ability to develop it. That's part of the reason I'm cool with trading for picks further out for when Pop has retired. That said, BWrong doesn't inspire confidence either tbh.
why are people here talking about building through the draft? We have 4 top 10 picks on the team and will likely add another one next offseason. We also still have Branham and Wesley. How many guys do you want to draft, 15? Wemby is on a rookie deal and this is about frontloading salary to add an All-Star while you don't have to pay Victor the max. The whole drafting thing is not even the point. All up and coming picks will need at least 3 years to develop into reliable contributors.
My best comparison is this...I'm the kind of person when I make an investment I know that the return is more than likely secure. I see Lauri as a secure investment. A draft pick is more like a lottery ticket, except with better odds. You take something based on research and hope that the research will equal results. It's not quite a full caution to the wind crapshoot... it's a highly educated guess. But over here you have what is probably a 90% chance that this guy will improve your team and be a building block for the future. So once again, it all comes down to odds and trust. You trade the picks and get something that is almost guaranteed. You keep the pics and trust the odds.
The Spurs have acquired all these picks for this moment. The opportunity has arisen. Make the move for a reliable contributor
‘Again as long as they don’t get raped by Ainge, do it.
I want a secure return also, and by all accounts, we can only receive him with the remaining one year on his contract. Ain’t dropping the bag for that, just to have him go LaMond Murray/Marcus Morris on us.
Well I'm working off the assumption that he's going to sign a long-term deal. That is a given
Because I also doubt this will happen for us, I made a 2K build so I can fulfill dreams that way.
Your 2024-25 San Antonio Spurs:
CP3/Tre
Devin/Branham/Lonnie Walker/Lindsey Waters (acquired in a salary cutting move)
Castle/Champagnie/Sissoko
Lauri/Sochan/Mamu
Wemby/Lopez/Bassey
Race for seis
I believe Don Harris is an insider, have seen him break news before.
he says it could be Jeremy + Keldon + 1 first round pick that’s not an ATL pick
This investment language makes it sound like Markkanen is a sure thing instead of a guy who has never played more than 68 games, and that was his rookie year, played more than 55 games last year, has a full slate of skills a team can use instead of a fairly narrow band, if he's very good at those, has ever played in a single game of importance in his professional career, and so on.
When the real issue is opportunity cost. When you burn up so much draft capital and max out a contract slot to get this guy, those are things you can't use for anyone else. The flaws in this guy are too significant to trade for him. An actual star can emerge to trade those pieces for, or any other future moves.
If we trade for Lauri, I would go all in and sign one 3 and D forward to round up the team and really make a push for it.
CP3/Tre
Vassell/Castle
Cam Johnson/Keldon
Lauri/Sochan
Wemby/Brook
I would do that in a heartbeat and I think everyone here would except Mr. Ody.
That's closer to what a player like this on an expiring contract should go for. I wouldn't include Sochan and don't think the team would. I think they're super-high on him and the chance to see what happens with Castle-Sochan-Wembanyama is too good to pass up. Find another piece instead.
If price is only Jeremy/Keldon/1st then you do that all day. But I doubt that's all it would take to get it done
Difference is here the Spurs could offer Markannen a lot more money than anyone else so as long as they offer 5 years with max raises he'll likely be back.
I’d do that in a heartbeat
If you're not in SA Harris is the lead sports guy on the news for the local MAGA TV affiliate WOAI-TV. I have never known him to break anything and doubt he knows here either. He's the one who flipped out when TSpence was making those Gasol to San Antonio reports.
If anything this is just tonic to the insane packages everyone has been throwing together. Local sports media guy throwing it in the other direction.
Keldon plus a couple picks has always been around the range for me. Not any unprotected picks.
That's so ridiculously lopsided, not worth taking Don Harris seriously here.
For an expiring injury prone player with few other suitors? No.
We get it, you think Markannen sucks.
Don't bother with him. You already know why.
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